Participants: Nyse Collins (Host), Evita Tezeno
Series Code: TOP
Program Code: TOP000031S
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00:01 Have you ever wondered exactly how to prepare healthy food
00:04 that actually tastes good? 00:05 Well stay tuned while Evita Tezeno and yours truly, 00:08 Nyce Collins show you just how to do it and give you 00:11 something better. "A Taste of Paradise" 00:30 Welcome to "A Taste of Paradise", 00:32 my name is Evita Tezeno and my favorite foods are Mexican 00:38 and Italian and we've shown you several recipes of Mexican, 00:44 today we are going to show you some Italian. 00:48 We are going to show you how to make a raw lasagna. 00:51 Can you believe it? Yes, a raw lasagna. 00:54 And the ingredients are: 01:10 So let's begin with the zucchini noodles. 01:12 For the noodles: 01:22 Today we are using the tool, it's called a Mandolin 01:27 and it slices the zucchini at a nice slice. 01:36 Uh, you just take the zucchini and you just run it across 01:44 the blade very carefully till you get thin slices uniformly. 01:50 Look at that, that is just pretty awesome isn't it? 01:53 I'm putting it in a bath of olive oil and salt. 02:00 And you can let this stay overnight or just a couple 02:02 of hours. And we are just going to mix this in because we 02:07 already have some that was already marinating and this has 02:11 been marinating for several hours. You don't have to do over 02:14 night but... or you could just do for several hours 02:17 it just depends on how much time you have. 02:20 The next recipe we are going to do will be the 02:24 Marinara Sauce. For Sun-dried Tomato Marinara Sauce you need: 03:01 So we are going to begin with the Roma tomatoes, 03:05 the red bell peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, 03:19 and it smells divine. 03:27 Garlic, salt, olive oil, and I forgot one special ingredient, 03:40 oregano, fresh oregano. Remember fresh is fabulous 03:48 so we must use all fresh ingredients. 03:50 Now if you don't have fresh oregano and fresh basil 03:53 you can use the dried but the flavors are so wonderful 03:59 when you use the fresh. 04:00 So, we are going to process this. 04:13 You don't want to over process it because you still want it 04:16 a little chunky. So for our next recipe 04:20 Pistachio Basil Pesto: 04:41 And this recipe you have to use fresh basil, you can't use 04:46 dried, it won't do any justice to the recipes. 04:50 So we are going to start with the dried ingredients 04:53 which I have pistachios, and this is one of my favorite nuts. 04:59 So we are going to put the pistachios and salt in first 05:04 and we are going to process them. 05:24 We want to process them first because we want to break down 05:28 the pistachios into a fine powder. 05:39 And then we put in our wet ingredients. 05:43 Four cups of basil and some people...I've tried using 05:49 the basil and spinach together so if you don't want to use 05:55 all that basil, you can do two cups of basil and two cups 05:59 of spinach, it just depends on your own taste 06:02 but I love basil so I do the full four cups. 06:06 And we have the lime juice and the oil 06:15 and then we process it. 06:35 The aroma is so great, it's just so wonderful. 06:42 So for the next recipe we're going to do the 06:46 Macadamian Almond Ricotta Cheese. We need: 07:06 So we are beginning by placing the soaked almonds into the 07:11 food processor and remember we soak our nuts because of the 07:15 enzyme inhibitors. And also the macadamia's have been 07:23 soaked as well, and macadamian's adds that creaminess to recipes. 07:27 The yeast flakes, the Himalayan sea salt and the lemon juice 07:37 and then we process it. 07:55 And you can if you want a whiter cheese, 07:59 you can take the skins off the almonds, 08:02 it just depends on your choice and how much time you have. 08:15 So now let's assemble it. And for the assembly we need: 08:32 Ok, now we are going to assemble it. We start off by placing 08:38 the marinara sauce down first, and I like to do this because 08:47 I like to have the flavor at the bottom as well as the top 08:51 and you don't need a lot, just a little bit. 08:55 And you take the noodle, the zucchini noodle 08:59 and you layer it like so. I just can't wait for you guys 09:12 to make this at home, it's so delicious. 09:15 Then you do some more marinara and it depends on how 09:25 high you want it so you can do it sparingly or you can 09:29 put a lot on it it depends on your preference. 09:31 And then you do some baby spinach, and believe it or not 09:48 as you layer the spinach tends to wilt because of the acid 09:55 in the tomato and the salt, it tends to kind of wilt 10:01 the lettuce. I mean wilt the spinach. 10:04 Then you put another layer and you keep building it 10:12 and then you put...let's put the pesto, 10:27 and because it's kind of chunky, you want to just kind of 10:30 use your hands, don't be afraid to use your hands as long 10:34 as they are clean, don't be afraid to use your hands. 10:36 And you don't really want to spread this, 10:38 you want to kind of distribute this with your hands. 10:41 It is a little messy but it is so delicious. 10:47 We're going to put another layer of spinach and we are just gonna 11:00 kind of pile the spinach on here. Another layer of zucchini 11:12 noodles and I know you guys are seeing how beautiful this is, 11:19 it is very pretty as well as delicious. 11:25 And you want to sprinkle on the ricotta, not really sprinkle 11:34 but it's kind of like a dry cheese, it's not like creamy 11:40 like ricotta, but it has a really good flavor. 11:49 Put another layer of spinach and one more layer of zucchini 12:12 and I'm using three rows of zucchini layered 12:15 it just depends on how big your container is 12:21 and then you will end with the marinara sauce 12:31 and you can top it with a basil leaf, or you can top it with a 12:37 spinach leaf depending on your preference. 12:40 And there you have it, raw lasagna. 12:45 It's Evita again on A Taste of Paradise 12:50 and please remember to live life fresh. 13:02 Oh no, I have to go, literally, I have to not go to the bathroom 13:06 though. I have to go get me something to eat, 13:08 I was starving. Man, I was working so hard like I 13:12 didn't have time to eat, I didn't have time to drink, 13:14 as a matter of fact, I didn't even have time to think. 13:16 I don't know how I was getting any work done and I just want to 13:18 let everybody know, look if you don't make some time 13:21 to get something to eat, you are going to be in big trouble 13:23 and even in doing this work, teaching people healthy 13:26 lifestyles, sometimes we can overwork ourselves 13:30 and there is one little tip that I want us to remember 13:32 most importantly is hey do not think that your job 13:38 needs you. I'm serious, because they will replace you, 13:42 God forbid something happens. So you know, I just have to say 13:44 enough is enough. I have to go out to my favorite restaurant 13:47 and get something to eat and normally I don't like to 13:50 eat out and so I choose my restaurants very good... 13:55 You 'all know what I am talking about. "Food on the run". 13:57 I choose them very good because I don't eat any and 14:00 everything, you know, some people call it anatarian, 14:03 they eat something now and they eat something later, 14:05 and they eat here, and they eat there and it doesn't really 14:07 matter. But no, no, no. I choose it very well because 14:09 I only eat a certain specific amount of food or type of food 14:15 and I want to give you 'all a little opportunity to guess 14:18 which restaurant is my favorite restaurant? 14:21 And you' all are probably thinking well, what is that 14:23 bag that he has there. Well, my favorite restaurant 14:26 is actually the supermarket. Yes, the supermarket. 14:30 People are like, that's not a restaurant, 14:31 there's no waiter, you can't order and stuff like that. 14:33 As a matter of fact, that's why I don't like to go to 14:35 restaurants because I don't have to wait on somebody. 14:37 I don't have to want to order and then get it a certain way 14:40 that I would like it so what do I do, I do it myself 14:43 and I go to the supermarket. And people are like well, 14:46 oh you know, I travel quite a bit and I have to eat out 14:50 and stuff like that. There is no excuse. 14:51 You should go to the super- market and have a travel bag 14:54 and that's what we are going to learn today is 14:56 how to eat on the run. Of course we would wish 15:00 that we don't have to run so much but many people say 15:03 well, I got to pay some bills and stuff like that 15:05 and this is true so yes we do have to work, 15:09 I have to work and matter of fact that's even a Biblical 15:13 principle, "by the sweat of their brow". 15:14 Then we can go ahead and eat, so yes you have to work but 15:18 what do we do when we are out there? 15:20 Now I know Evita made a phenomenal, phenomenal lasagna 15:24 and that thing looks good and I wish I had the opportunity 15:28 to do it, but I didn't have the time and so I went to the 15:31 supermarket and I picked up a couple of items that is 15:34 like really simple and easy and here is the coolest thing 15:37 about eating at your favorite restaurant, the supermarket 15:39 is that it is more cost effective. 15:41 We are in a recession, times is hard, we can't just be 15:44 wasting money and stuff. One of my friends is like man 15:47 nice, you talk about all these different ailments and diseases 15:51 and stuff like that. He says I have a disease, and I said 15:53 what's your disease? And he said I am in debt, I am working 15:56 so hard, but I owe so much money. 15:59 And I said let's go to one simple thing, 16:02 let's just look at one little thing and one little thing is... 16:04 He eats...I said where do you eat every day? 16:06 He says oh, you know, in the morning when I am driving 16:08 to work, I pull over to the fast food and I order this 16:11 and that. One person said that you eat fast food, you live a 16:14 fast life. Here today, gone tonight. 16:16 And literally, you see what is happening. 16:19 Some friends...you are like what happened to a Sam, 16:22 what happened to Jacob or these people? I just saw them and now 16:25 they are gone. So please, hold off on the fast food. 16:28 So he bought the fast food in the morning, I said 16:30 what did you do for lunch? He says, well you know, 16:33 me and my friends, we ordered out and we got this thing 16:36 and we ordered Chinese...or we ordered this or that 16:39 and I started to ask how much he started to pay 16:41 he was spending easily over $20, $30, sometimes $40 a day... 16:46 Don't bring nobody out with you, watch your friends because 16:48 they like to eat on your tab. 16:50 He was spending all of this money a day and in one week 16:52 say he only spent about $25 a day, in one week, five days, 16:57 what's that, one two, three, four, five, $125. 17:01 Don't even get caught up with this $5 subs, or $5 meals 17:07 stuff like that. Who goes and just orders that little meal, 17:09 just like this and don't add on some chips, don't add on some 17:13 drinks and stuff. So your meals always end up to be 17:15 $7, $8, $9, so today I'm going to show you because he was 17:20 wasting all of this money... I am going to show you how 17:22 we can eat on the run at my favorite restaurant 17:26 and I call it the supermarket. So this is what we are going 17:29 to do, today we are going to look at the three F's, 17:33 the Fundamentals, the fast food. The three what? 17:36 The three F's, so I am going to show you how these 17:38 three F's are included in my supermarket bag here 17:41 and just write it down, take some notes because you will 17:44 forget. Alright. The three F's, so fast food but 17:48 good food, food on the run. 17:49 The first F of course is that your food, something in your 17:53 meal should be fresh. Ok what was number one? 17:55 Something in your meal should be fresh. 17:58 Ok, so what could be fresh? It could be fruits or vege's or 18:01 something of that nature. 18:02 These are fresh items. Let's say you didn't want to prepare 18:06 of course, alright, so you can buy the one that is already 18:08 prepared for you. But when you have other people prepare 18:11 your food, the price immediately goes what? 18:14 Goes up, and so what we want to do is start doing your own. 18:17 Like how hard is it to buy some apples and some bananas, 18:20 or how hard is it to buy some spinach and most of them have 18:23 already been washed for you and you get so much for so little 18:27 and so go ahead and do it yourself. 18:29 So 1. Something, something fresh. 18:31 Let's look at number 2 here real quick. 18:33 You need something filling, remember we are trying to 18:36 the three F's. Something filling because we are not rabbits 18:39 and little animals hanging around. 18:41 So what would be filling? Some form of a grain 18:44 and not just any grain, but a whole grain. 18:47 What are some items I'm talking about? 18:48 Like, I mean Brown Rice, or let's say you want bread, 18:52 so let's go with some whole wheat bread or let's say you 18:56 want to hold off on bread and rice. Then maybe you can try 19:02 something as simple as quinoa, remember, I love my quinoa. 19:06 Quinoa is fantastic so you need some form of a what? 19:09 A grain, grains are crucial, this is what is going to 19:12 fill you up. If you do something that is not 19:14 whole grain, let's say white rice, or white bread, 19:17 you ever notice when it is time to eat if you have food... 19:20 Let's say you put out a whole plate of white rice, 19:22 you can eat up the whole thing and still call for second's. 19:27 Why, because it's not filling the key to this... 19:30 If you have to have something that is filling.. 19:32 Remember I went out, unfortunately I didn't get a 19:34 chance to go to the supermarket, they forced me into the 19:37 restaurant and I had to order. I said look, I am total 19:39 vegetarian, what do you have for me? Oh, we have 19:41 salad. Ok, I'll take one of those. 19:43 Um, ok, now let's go to the main meal. 19:46 What do you have for me? Oh, sir, you know vegetarian, 19:49 vegan, we have some more salad. I said look here, 19:53 I need some food. I need a filling grain, give me some 19:56 whole wheat pasta or something of that nature. 19:58 So number 2 was a filling grain. 20:02 Alright, let's look at number 3 here now. 20:03 So the three F's are food on the run and it should be 20:07 some kind of a fat. People say what, you eat fat? 20:11 Of course we eat fat and what are some of the good 20:13 natural fats that we can eat? One of the main ones is 20:21 Nuts! Yes, nuts in general. I'm talking about almonds, 20:22 or pistachios, or cashews, or different items of that nature, 20:25 these are crucial. Have you ever noticed in the morning 20:27 when you wake up...matter of fact I will show you some of my 20:30 fruits here. So I have a banana, I could by that, I only bought 20:33 one because I am on the what? On the run, and bananas, 20:35 they always get damaged. Look at this, I don't know what 20:37 happened to this but I probably got it at a discount so cool. 20:40 Apples is very good, I call this the on the run toothbrush 20:44 and I will tell you about that a little bit later. 20:45 What are some other fruits that I bought here 20:48 in my big bag? Um, some tomatoes as we see here. 20:53 I'm going to rip this open. Oops, if you are on the run, 20:57 don't rip it open because you may need to re-use that bag. 20:59 So I got some avocado, these are all different types of 21:03 fruits that we can have. You ever notice when you eat fruits 21:05 in the morning for breakfast and if that's all you eat 21:08 what's going to happen in about an hour or two? 21:10 You're going to get very hungry, so you also have to have some 21:15 form of a whole grain. 21:17 So on the run, I bought some whole wheat Pita, 21:20 this is pretty cool and nice and cheap and if you notice 21:24 when you look at the ingredients there, it's only about four 21:27 or five ingredients. Like why are...Have you ever looked at 21:30 bread lately? I mean the whole side, one side of the loaf 21:34 is just ingredients. This, propionate, bla, bla, bla, bla. 21:38 Alright, here is a little rule of thumb, 21:39 if you can't pronounce the ingredient, leave it alone. 21:42 So I always say, when in doubt, leave it out. 21:45 So, all of these ingredients I have stone ground whole wheat 21:48 flour, wheat gluten yeast, a little barley, a little salt, 21:52 and hey, there you go, that's all you need so I got some 21:54 pita bread here. Another little grain, now I know we all like 21:59 chips and stuff like that so I like them too. 22:03 But I know most of the chips out there are just in a mess 22:05 so I found something really nice, some rice chips 22:08 you know what I mean a little taste, a little flavor. 22:10 Just because you are living a healthy lifestyle don't 22:12 mean you can't enjoy it and there's quite a bit of options 22:14 or varieties that are out there. So I have the rice chips, 22:17 look at the sesame and sea weed. Ohh, one of my favorites. 22:20 I hope nobody comes so I can eat this by myself, 22:23 but I'll share it anyway, I bought enough for everybody 22:25 and I think that's the gist of it of our grains. Ok. 22:30 Um, what else, what else do we need? We need some form of fat, 22:35 a natural fat so look what I got. I got me some pistachios. 22:40 This thing is amazing high in iron, I mean potassium, this is 22:46 awesome, this is just some simple, some simple pistachios. 22:50 Let's say you don't like pistachios, no problem, 22:53 almonds are good, all of these are fantastic so if you notice 22:57 eat breakfast in the morning. You only eat fruits, 22:59 you are hungry in an hour. You only eat fruits and 23:01 and some kind of a natural whole grain, you are hungry 23:04 in about what? In about two or three hours. 23:06 But the key is when you have some form of a natural fat 23:10 such as pistachios, just a handful, everybody show me 23:14 real quick. Handful. Uh oh, uh oh, I think some people 23:17 going handful, too much, too much shall be the cry, 23:20 that's too much. You ever notice many people they are 23:23 trying to balance their blessings. They are like 23:25 oh, help me to balance my blessings and the reason is... 23:29 The reason they can't balance sometimes, even though they 23:31 eat healthy food, it's because they are eating too much. 23:33 So when I talk about nuts with each meal, just a handful, 23:37 a closed fist upside down, not right side up 23:41 because I see you trying to squeeze about five more almonds 23:43 or something in there, pistachios. 23:45 So if you want a handful like this, you can, just make sure 23:48 you get it with the shell on it. People are like ah, 23:50 that defeats the purpose. 23:51 So now, when you eat the fruits or the vege's and you eat the 23:56 grains, then when you eat some form of a natural fat 24:00 such as this here which is a nut or something, 24:02 then you will notice that you will not be hungry for at least 24:05 five to six hours. So you could go back to work and you are 24:07 ready to fight. Let me see, hold on one second... 24:10 Look at this, I got me some... some real quick... 24:13 some... undistinguishable talk. I am all over the place here 24:16 I got distracted here... undistinguishable, or humus. 24:20 You know this is made from Chick Peas...Let's look at 24:22 some of the ingredients and this is the key when you go 24:24 shopping and you are eating on the run... 24:25 Just look, look how simple this is. Roasted eggplant, 24:28 sesame tahini, chick peas, water, lemon juice, 24:32 fresh garlic and sea salt. Is that good or what? 24:35 And I can enjoy as much as I want, I don't have be like 24:38 ma'am, sir, can I get a little bit more and then they try to 24:41 charge me an extra side. Look at that, I got my own side 24:44 right here, so I could put that with my bread and look at this. 24:49 Olives, olives are fantastic. You see, when you are on the run 24:54 you got to get the special can. If you could take a look at 24:56 this...When you are on the run, you don't have a 24:59 can opener right, so if you notice here, look at that, 25:02 I got the one where I could just open it up if I could 25:05 get it right. Open it up just like that, pour it out 25:08 eat what I need and the rest I always have a little sandwich 25:11 bag or something I could put it in and bring it home. 25:13 So in this small meal...oh look, I also have some kiwi and 25:20 what do I have? I have water of course. Make sure when you 25:24 are on the run, always have water. You should be drinking 25:27 water all day, all day, but then when it's time to eat 25:30 you want to wait at least, drink your last amount of water 25:33 about 15 minutes before so you are not eating and drinking 25:35 at the same time. Wondering why you have that extra blessing 25:38 you know what I am talking about...in the stomach there. 25:40 You want to wait for about an hour or two after to do so. 25:44 And also I found a little... ah, some people they like 25:47 a little meat or something, you know what, 25:49 these days they have quite a few good little options 25:51 out there. This one here is a you know, oven roasted 25:54 a a like a something like a tofu, or tofurkey or just... 25:58 so many different options out there and the key is you need 26:01 to read the ingredients because a lot of times they say 26:03 they are vegetarian, they are, but a lot of times they put 26:07 milk and they put this and they put cheese and all kinds of 26:10 other stuff. But one of the secret ingredients sometimes 26:13 that they put in here is probably not the best for us 26:15 is vinegar. So make sure you read it properly 26:19 and don't end up in that same situation. 26:21 So, how could I do this real quick because I need to eat 26:24 on the run, I only have a minute, I got to get back 26:27 to work. So look, I take this because sometimes I don't have 26:29 a bowl or a plate. I set up my nice little plate there, 26:32 alright, then I go ahead, I'm just going to hurry up here... 26:36 and eat some food, look at me. See when I get food, 26:40 I get distracted. So I have my pita bread, I have a nice 26:44 little banana, so this should be fresh...Watch this. 26:47 I don't have time...sometimes when I'm in a supermarket... 26:51 I have to rinse this stuff off for me, well let's say 26:53 you don't. I just take some water like that. Look at me. 26:56 And I take that tomato there, I put it, I eat it just like this. 27:00 I have my little (indistinguishable chatter)... 27:02 as well and I got to get back to work, they're getting me 27:07 in trouble here. Then I take that and I put some of that 27:10 on my little humus. I don't have time to be opening 27:13 stuff, cutting it up, making it pretty, I just eat it 27:16 just like that, then I have my nice little avocado, 27:20 you just cut that in half. You know, ask them for some 27:23 cutlery or some silverware or something like that. 27:25 Most places have it now. You put that right there and 27:29 what else? You can put a little bit of vege meat or something 27:32 of that nature, and you should be good. Let me just open this 27:36 so you' all can see and right here I have what is known 27:41 as a complete complete meal. Look at that, I have my whole 27:45 grains, I have my fruit, and don't forget a nice handful 27:50 of nuts and you can make that pretty or do whatever you want, 27:54 it's so simple. I don't know about you' all but I gotta go. 27:57 Oh no, it's time to go, I gotta get back to work. 28:00 Enjoy! |
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